TV The Best War TV Shows  

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List Rules Shows near the top must be only the best War TV series.

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edward-donner added Band of Brothers Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom ...more

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The Pacific Hugh Ambrose, Ed Tracy The Pacific is a 2010 television series produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia, Sky Movies, Playtone and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on 14 March 2010. The series is a ...more

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Generation Kill Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen Generation Kill is a British-American seven-part television miniseries produced for HBO, based on the 2004 book of the same name by Evan Wright about his experience as an embedded reporter with ...more

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Vikings Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen Vikings (History, 2013) is a historical drama television series created by Michael Hirst. A farmer (Travis Fimmel) rises to fame by successful raids into England, and eventually becomes a ...more

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edward-donner added Tour of Duty Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker Tour of Duty is an American drama television series on CBS. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis ...more

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edward-donner added M*A*S*H Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swi M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH. The series, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ...more

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talkinghead62 added Combat! Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during ...more

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Blackadder Goes Forth Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC One. The ...more

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edward-donner added The War The War is a seven-part American documentary television mini-series about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was produced by American filmmakers Ken Burns and ...more

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edward-donner added Hogan's Heroes Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network. ...more

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Parade's End Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Everett Parade's End is a five-part BBC/HBO/VRT television serial, which is an adaptation of the tetralogy of novels of the same name by Ford Madox Ford. It premiered on BBC Two on 24 August 2012, and ...more

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jazzpaw added China Beach Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Robert Picardo China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, which was ...more

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World War 1 in Colour World War 1 in Colour is a documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh. The first of its six parts aired on 1 September 2003 in the United Kingdom. It was released on DVD in the United States as ...more

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Liberty!: The American Revolution Victor Garber, Donna Murphy, Edward Herrmann Liberty! The American Revolution is a six-hour documentary miniseries about the Revolutionary War, and the instigating factors, that brought about the United States' independence from the ...more

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Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' Linda Hunt, Linda Ellerbee, Samuel West Auschwitz: The Nazis and 'The Final Solution' is a BBC six-episode documentary film series presenting the story of Auschwitz through interviews with former inmates and guards to include ...more

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edward-donner added The Civil War Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterston The Civil War is a documentary film created by Ken Burns about the American Civil War. It was first broadcast on PBS on five consecutive nights from September 23 to 27, 1990. Approximately 40 ...more

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Blood & Iron: The Story of the German War Machine A three part mini-series showing the development of German industrial might throughout the 20th century and how Germany became a central foe of Western powers in the world wars that dominated ...more

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War and Remembrance Sharon Stone, Jane Seymour, Robert Mitchum War and Remembrance is a 1988 film.

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Vietnam: A Television History Will Lyman Vietnam: A Television History is a 13-part American documentary television mini-series about the Vietnam War from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by ...more

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Once an Eagle Sam Elliott, Glenn Ford, Ralph Bellamy Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television mini-series directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer ...more

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American Experience David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won ...more

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Three Kings Three kings is Czech war series that was aired in 1998. It is loosely based on story of members of resistance organization Obrana národa who were known as Three Kings. This group ...more

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Legend of the Patriots Kim Roi-ha, Lee Deok-hwa, Choi Soo-jong Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives ...more

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Holocaust Meryl Streep, Ian Holm, Michael Moriarty Holocaust is an American television miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the NBC television network. The series tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Weiss family ...more

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War and Peace Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Morag Hood War and Peace is a television dramatization of the Leo Tolstoy novel of War and Peace. This 20 episode series began on 28 September 1972. The BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love ...more

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Beau Geste Christopher Malcolm, Anthony Calf, John Forgeham Beau Geste is a BBC television serial, based on the novel by P. C. Wren. The series aired in 1982 and starred Benedict Taylor, Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris as the three brothers.

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Hell in the Pacific Hell in the Pacific is a television program. It won a Peabody award in 2001.

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Shaka Zulu Christopher Lee, Trevor Howard, Edward Fox Shaka Zulu is a television series directed by William C. Faure and written by Joshua Sinclair for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, based on Sinclair's novel of the same name. It is ...more

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Spyforce Jack Thompson, Peter Sumner, Redmond Phillips Spyforce was an Australian TV series produced from 1971 to 1973, based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II. It was ...more

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Days of honor Weronika Rosati, Daniel Olbrychski, Danuta Stenka Czas honoru was a Polish World War II television drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 September 2008 to 23 November 2014, on STV Glasgow from 2 June 2014 and STV Edinburgh from 16 January

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Real Military Videos Real Military Videos (RMV) is part of the Real Military Network, a collection of sites focusing on military-themed games and entertainment. RMV features unique historical films and videos that ...more

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The Challenge The Challenge is a 1970 made-for-television movie starring Darren McGavin and Mako. Director George McGowan chose to hide his involvement by using the pseudonym Alan Smithee. This was the last ...more

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Soldiers of Freedom Vladlen Davydov, Horst Preusker, Stefan Getsov Soldiers of Freedom is a 1977 film directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. Soldiers of Freedom is the World War II historical drama.

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War War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer is a 1983 Canadian television miniseries filmed by Gwynne Dyer. The miniseries was commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada and consists of 8 one-hour ...more

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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Dame Judi Dench in the UK and ...more

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Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno is a 2005 12-part mini-series which aired on ORT Channel in Russia and RTVi, an international Russian television station which is carried around the world. The movie ...more

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Cambodia Year Ten Cambodia Year Ten is a 1989 award-winning work of Central Independent Television for the coverage of the Vietnam War.

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Mother Flew Away as a Kite Mother Flew Away as a Kite is based on an original story by Akiyuki Nosaka. It is a haunting depiction of the horrors of war, and how a mother and child live everyday in the hope of a peaceful ...more

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Anne Frank: The Whole Story Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, Lili Taylor Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a two-part mini-series based on the book Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller. The mini-series aired on ABC on May 20 and 21, 2001. The series starred ...more

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World War II The Last Heroes

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The White Horse Veronika Izotova, Vladimir Simonov, Gennadi Glagolev The White Horse is a Russian TV serial broadcast in 1993. The film, in 10 episodes, was directed by Gelii Ryabov. It presents the Russian civil war in Siberia from 1917–1920 and the struggle of ...more

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The Last Englishman The Last Englishman is a film directed by John Henderson released on Feb 9, 1995.

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The Great Wall of Iron The Great Wall of Iron is a 1989 award-winning work of Beyond International Group. This is a five hour television series in five parts examining the people of China's Liberation Army.

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Czterej pancerni i pies Pola Raksa, Janusz Gajos, Franciszek Pieczka Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, ...more

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Taiwan 1895 Pan Hong Taiwan 1895 is a Chinese television series based on historical events that took place in Taiwan in the late Qing dynasty, such as the 1884–1885 Sino–French War and the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The ...more

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Zipang Tetsu Inada, Yusaku Yara, Naru Kawamoto Zipang is a twenty-six episode Japanese anime television series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by Studio Deen. It aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan from late 2004 to ...more

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Jenny's War Elke Sommer, Dyan Cannon, Nigel Hawthorne Jenny's War is a 1985 war television serial set during World War II, made by HTV in association with Columbia Pictures. It is directed by and written by Steve Gethers. The screenplay is based on ...more

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Friendly Fire Ned Beatty Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy ...more

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2009 A True Story '2009 A True Story is a fictional cautionary tale set in an alternate version of America in 2009. It appears on YouTube in 15 segments, all roughly 4-7 minutes each."

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Romance in the Rain Zhao Wei, Alec Su, Leo Ku Kui Kei Romance in the Rain was a 2001 Chinese-language costume drama based on producer Chiung Yao's 1964 novel Yan Yu Meng Meng, which follows the Lu family in 1930s Shanghai, China. Starring Zhao Wei, ...more